h r uriiiiii n i n mit i iml 9 Vii'vUL - " ' v.. ..., nam. v. ..! i . 4... .. ". 1 -jh .lalirr i;oinniuiiranii mn aiiuu nccixiiiry. tola lot V i Columbia annual convenlloh today that "chips are d SlOVC! loves arc off In the political battle for socialism in Cat- ' :.u!t problems on a continue ca: oy setting up a :i Natlo:;- regional office to Jamr- Byrnes, united n i if Qtnln T A I UUL i ii i n - 't -J I Ill I I I I II ! II MM uun null 1. !.... )HTH BAY Ont P - -Three tj died m hospital here u:6 then mother was in 11' ) 1.IU1UUI1 luuunitin at their Powassan district :t.c Fatally burned were 3 Saval, iibiu uuee, in- tWO, and Morgan, eleven is, the children of Mr. and Alircd Savage Cause of i: not determined. uouver New leglsla- c :d c the Cameron rr-i , rc:ult in Increased ':r teachers in most of :c ic :i of schools. t ' in inn i,ri,,vi, iTc:f.ir - Federation ron- ( Cat Falrey said the ti .i repon aimea to proYiac ..:..-) burden of cduca- ta Won. aid the reonzanl- ;f ; :hfK)l districts Into r admini-stratlon units -ia oc r .:duclve to richer "Y communities. :'I f 000 was levied f':!l" finith, Flora I'8 w Ka Smith, pmprle-'"IcRov Lunch. hvMn??- if.,- w, r'v file AVIV IC UhK (' RRPW .1 llrri, ... run. oi suuui- Td Avltr , .. I I 1 .. . !' r tr.:'.v r , today as po- wtra a city-wide iearch .br, i iir armed band r ?d : ven British ml- 1 n l,r...l . . "isni in an ai- a mliiiaiy car park. KF PATIHKI IS BRING FINE Vance In rlfv nn- ,rt VVetinday when he Km inlly of a charge ';" fa'" italemenls and a'lOllS to thn Wnrllnio ;!'d Tradp Board in their Wion rc)orts. Ul Mr.-i t-h ' Viacc between 4 75- and January of this w'if were laid by wjy1"1" Pr'cca Board SS flnc carried an al- as , 1? mmU n Jail is 0mi'anied by $3"75 J Wo wcre found guiUy of 'tlhly ,1 ajlcnients In the. onf,Pt',rt' of rationed (cullnh "u'lsei ror the n was T. W. Brmvn. arise) " aPPearcd without 'ElS0 N P 0 LI.A KS St ,TCa"atlian Pacific No! V ,,,, lendinf imprvements on Or. "''"ay dlvlsi..,, 4i,t. RUSS OPPOSE COMMISSION NEW YORK fv The Russian stand against any Investigation of Franco Spain by 'the United Nations security council com- mission stalled the proceedln of the council today. Russian delegate Andre Gromyko said that In view of the fact that there Is no doubt that the present fascist regime In Spain Is a serious danger to international peace and security, It Is not necessary to set up n commission to , study the question, CONCILIATION BOARD FINDING EXPECTED SOON A decision by the conciliation board which held hearings In Prince Rupert to adjudicate the claim of the Marine Workers' nnd Boilermakers Industrial Union for a contract with the Prince Rupert dry deck embody- Ins "union shop" rights is expected to be handed down within the next two weeks. Tlie hearing concluded with a : brief session yesterday in which Malcolm McLeod, president of the Vancouver union, pleaded that failure to provide union shop conditions was "dlscriml-natlon" against the organized workers whose efforts had provided all'of labor's gains. Position of the company was J durational opportunity ' that the policy In crown-owned "iildm and to eauallze i plants was to offer equal oppor tunity to all citizens with no discrimination against those who did not belong to unions. The conciliation board, consisting of F. M. Clement, chairman; Colin Cameron, union counsel, and Walter Owen, K.C., counsel for the railway, returned last night to Vancouver, where the decision of the board will be nnnouneed. Mr. Clement is Dean of Agrl- t an all-time record if Its pres- culturc at the University of B. C. : ent level is maintained lor tne i balance of the year, an official PLANNING PORT DAY Anderson of' the Fishermen s Union, K. Dehlik and J. Stor-sclh of the Sons of Norway. George Vlerlck of the Fishermen's Co-op, and four members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce-Don Esselmont, William Elklns, Tony Crawley and Stuart Furk. Mr. Crawley -was appointed chairman and Mr. Furk secretary. Port Day is essentially an exhibition of the skill of the fisherman. There will be contests of skill with prizes, fish boat races, rowing races for children, decoration contests and other water sports, to be climaxed toy a Port Day ball in the evening. A finance? committee was formed with Hugo Kraupner as chairman. The first donation to the Port Day fund was given by the Ideal Cleaners who subscribed $50. A meeting will bo neld again In the near future to decide on a date for the Port Day I ITALIAN GiRL TRIED- Lydla Clrlllo, the young Italian girl who shot and killed qapr. Sidney E. Lasch, of the British Army, "to vindicate her own name and defend all Italian women," is shown at the opening of he trial for homicide at the Palace of Justice In Rome. Lydia, the current heroine of the Italian press, declared that she shot the British officer aftershc discovered tnat he was married and was also going around with another Italian woman. Thousands of screaming women, broke through police lines to cheer the defendant when she arrived at the palace for her trial. Pulpwood Output at New Mark Record in Production Due to Be Set By Canada This Year MONTREAL Canada's pro ductlon of pulpwood In 194G will I of the Canadian National Railways Car Service Department i said here today. In the first three months of this year the I loading of this 'commodity on ' the Canadian National Railways I At a meeting of the Junior I system Increased , by 5C percent ! Chamber of Commerce Port Day j over the same period last year, j committee held Thursday eve- which Is Indicative of the gen-I nins In the Civic Centre with ; mi rise in its proclifction. I representatives of various organ- increased quantities arc being lzatlons who would be interest,- ; nuulc available for newspaper ed in sponsoring the Port Day an(( m a g n z 1 n requirements, this year In attendance. It was , Muvp ,s golng lnlo building mu-unanimously decided that there I lcriais to case the housing short-should be a Tort Day this Tear, i ngc Allotnients Ior the making preferably some time In August. of cclallCECi cartons and other Port Day will be arranged this j prodllcts have ai,s0 bcen year co-Incident to the Civic mcrp,updi Ths has been pos-Centrc carnival. slblc not oniy by the greater The following were present: i productloni but aiso because of Mayor Daggett. Harold Thorn of j tnc dccreasc In Its use fo rex-Canadian Fishing Co.. George , nloslvcs and other war purposes. In the first three months of 1945, which was a record year for pulpwood production, 32,944 C.N.R. cars were needed for pulpwood shipments. In the corresponding period this year, 51,344 carloads containing 98,- OFFICERS FOR CANADA'S ARMY OTTAWA P) A committee lias been established tn make recommendations on the best system of providing officers for Canada's post-war army. Defence Headquarters said that the committee will propose what educational standards should be provided and the maimer In which the necessary academic and military training should be carried out. In this connection consideration will be given to the future role of the Royal Military College In Kingston, Ontario. 580,480 cubic feet were transported over the company's lines. In addition to the large quan QUEBEC WOULD HELP OTTAWA Premier Ouplesis Thinks His Province Could "Loan" Taxation Nights OTTYvWA, (P' Premier Duples-sls 0f Quebec said yesterday lit a brief prepared for submission to ihc co-oidrnatlng commltlcre of the Dominion-provincial conference that his government believes It would be possible "to loan the federal government certain taxation rights which now belong to the provinces." Dnplessi." stressed that hl.s government Is not prepared to ,?lve up Indefinitely some of the taxation rights It now holds. The Importance of Thursday's meeting or the committee was Indicated when provincial premiers and federal authorities took with them Into the conference room more adviser.'; than at any .if the previous meetings. The FORTY-HOUR WEEK IWA BROADCAST KTKN (950 kc.) 6:45 TONIGHT I RED TOP CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH Rftfjl&JJVffJfESPXPER Phone US; Phone TAXI TAXI l RASPER - C. McINTYRB mm 537 Stand; Kupert Tobacco Store (across from Ormes) AND NIOHT SERVICE DAY and NIGHT SERVICE DAy Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific lort-iTrince Kupert, the Key to the Great Northwest Bill and Ken Nesbitt VOL. XXXV. No. 97. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS nvK OFF IN POLITICAI-F- J I " " id 1. ..... i,uis warned against wnai ne termed "disruptive tactics Canadian communists' and criticized the Mackenzie King vrrnmcnl He charged that llhe major purpose of com- unists in Canada had always been to hamper the C.C.F. from jni jf possible, anu rrom wiinoul In any case. -.kling Europe's onomic Problems ASHINOTON D.C. f' A new h tackle Europe s tcrrijic One of Worst U.S. Rail way Disasters r r r r r r r Forty-Four Dead In Chicago Crash I) R I V E It OF ONE OF VE N 0 1 N E S CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER NAPERVILLEI11, (CP) Rescue workers are still at work trying to cut their way through the wreckage of two Burlington trains in a search for bodies. One of the worst disasters in American railroad history, the collision occurred. yesterday when the Exposition flyer crashed into the rear of the fine's advance flyer standing in the station in this 'hicago suburb. The Red Cross says it has accounted for forty-four dead and estimates that 125 were injured. The engineer stated that he was just unable to NO CHANGE IN WAR HOUSING POLICY HERE Unle.: there Is some major part of il will be discontinued," change of the national policy of i he declared. Wartime Housing Ltd., which Speaking on Ms primary apparently Is not looked for at , terest, community relations, Mr. present, status of the Crown j Scott outlined the social pro- company s housing project in gram In Wartime Housing cen- Prince Rupert will remain the I tres across the country which same as it is at the present time, j arc under his charge. It Ls a pro- This statement of policy was j made Thursday afternoon to the Prlhce Rupert Rotary Club by Lionel Scott, director of tenant I relations for Wartime Housing, who followed a short speech at the club's weekly luncheon with the showing of films of Wartime ' Housing community activities j thrAju.;hout the country. 'The company's policy at present is that these houses will be jenved to any responsible ten-MPJfc. unless theliou3eii-quc!S-tlon i.i not already spoken for iy a serviceman or ex-serviceman," Mr. Scott said. "I have been authorized to make this statement to clear up the cloud of rumors that have been flpating about." Although about 50 of this city's 521 wartime houses are 'at present vacant. Mr. Scott does not think that any of the unused units, will be demolished. "In some centres with declining populations houses have I been dismantled and removed to other nearby places where population is Increasing" he said. "But because of. the distance of Prince Rupert from the nearest tity of pulpwood carried, morciolher Wartlm(. Honshu PP1,trP than 30,194 C.N.R, cars were re- vancouver-lt is doubtful if it quired to handle, 905,820 tons of would be fcasibe here pulp and paper in the first 90 "There Is no Indication what-day sof this year. This was al-1 rvcr at the present time that th3 most 20 percent Increase over a pri11cc. RUpert protect or any the 25,800 carloads transported! in. the similar period last year. While the export of pulp and paper has also increased, Canadian shortages will bo greatly eased by the Improved "ANNIE" IS EXPLODED .Menacing Nail Bomb Is at last Detonated After Being Menace for Five Years LONDON "Annie," a great German bomb which had lain embedded for five years in a crater close to Buckingham Palace and Marlborough House, rcsl; dence of the Queen Mother, was detonated today and the roar which ensued shook windows in both palaces but broke none. Splinters and debris were thrown high into the air as crowds watched at a safe distance. A young lieutenant, D. H. Mel-lor, laid the dynamite alongside the ticking bomb as the crowds stood with bated breath lest the missile might explode while he was In the crater. EDMONTON FIRE PROVES FATAL EDMONTON, Oi Fire broke out last night in a business block in South Edmonton and the body of a veteran of the first war, David Hutchison, was found in the ruins. The fire started In the Johnstone Furniture Exchange. It was a three-alarm affair and levelled four buildings. The flames were fanned by a strong wind which spread it to other buildings including !a hardware and grocery store. sram, he said, in which all hu man and material elements are thrown into the community effort. "It is a broad program, containing some 130 types of endeavor ranging from pre-natal care to credit unions. It Includes bring the train to a halt in time after coming to the danger signals a mile-and-a-quarter distant from the standing train. His train was travelling at regulation speed of 85 miles per hour when he applied the brakes. The driver of , the imposition has been charged with manslaughter. Railroad officials said today that the engineer had adequate warning that the preceding train had slopped. County officials said the charge was a technicality to make certain ihc engineer would appear at the inquest as no evidence of laxity had been nursing schools, social activities, hobby projects, sports, garden clubs and many other lines. Our program Is based on what the people want and what the community has to offer." Mr. Scott followed his talk with a colored film demonstrating the types of commuulty ac tivities of which he had spoken. Guests at the meeting, welcomed by President J. II. Thompson, were Bert Simmons, Vancouver; Rev C J. Smith, Calgary, and B. Beggs. Prince Bulletin TALK DOWN LOAN WASHINGTON S cnator Theodore G. Bilbo says lie "will talk" the British loan "lo death." nUItOCHEK ACQUITTED BROOKLYN Manager Leo Durocher of the Brooklyn Dodgers was acquitted yesterday by a jury on a charge of second degree assault of a Dodger fan,-. INVESTIGATING SPAIN NEW YORK There was no announcement yesterday following the meeting of the United Nations security council which was scheduled to investigate the matter of Franco Spain. COMMUNISTS BLAMED FRANKFURT Gen. Joseph McNarney, commander of American occupation forces in Germany, blamed Communist activities for having something lo do with the breaking down of American Army discipline in occupied territory. BRALORNE STRIKE VANCOUVER Negotiations between 300 members of the Mine, Mill and -Smelter Workers' Union and Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. have btoken down. The company refused to grant union demands including a 29c hourly increa.se to all workers with a 40-hour week and offered no alternatives. A strike is likely. RUSSIA AND FINLAND HELSINKI Russia and Finland have jointly stated that tlie Soviet Union has considered it possible to fiee, Finland from further restitution of property taken from Russia during the war. ARRESTS MADE ROME interior Minister Romlta announced jeslmay that a "few persons" have been arrested in connection with the removal of Benito Mussolini's body from Milan potters' field. Two of the arrested are gravediggers. RAIL STRIKE THREAT NEW 'YORK A general railway strike in the United States on May 18 is threatened. FIVE-DAY WEEK VANCOUVER Tlie Vancouver City Hall may go on a five-day week this summer and possibly the year around. OTTAWA CONFERENCE OTTAWA A statement from Prime Minister Mackenzie King on the progress of the Dominion - provincial conference is expected today. After the conference adjourned for luncheon tcday, one of delegates raid: "It is going to be very difficult to reach an agreement of any kind." DUKE REFUSED JOB LONDON The Evening Standard said today that the Duke of Windsor recently approached the foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, regarding obtaining a Governor-Generalship and was offered Southern Rhodesia but, instead of accepting, left for Paris. CHASED OVER HOUSETOPS PARIS There was excitement net far from where the Big Four, foreign ministers are in session today when United States military police chased American soldiers whom they were seeking lo arrest over housetops. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HONG KONG Military control of Hong Kong will give way to the civil governorship for the first lime since the war when Sir Mark Young, the former governor, who was taken prisoner by the Japanese, will again take over. CANADA'S .MEAT SITUATION TORONTO The chairman of the Canadian Meat Board, J. G. Taggart, believes that the meal situation will return to normal before long. He added that the ill-fed people of Britain and the starving folk on the cimtinrnt of Europe will benefit from Canada's beef famine. He says eventually the meal Canadians cannot get now "ill find its way to Europe. JAP CABINET CRISIS TOKYO The government crisis in Japan has dragged into the fifth day. There are rome indications that -Japan's next premier may be elected soon. Reliable circles say one plan calls for the selection of Ichiro Hatoyama. He is president of the Liberal party and would be selected as premier with the right- wing element of the Social Democrats supporting the Liberals in the new cabinet. THINK REDS IN HARBIN NANKING Oi - Communist forces today presumably occupied Harbin, important north Manchurian railroad capital, but a breakdown in communications obscured the situation. The governments central news agency said that the destruction of communications between Mukden and Harbin made it Impossible to ascertain whether the last Soviet units had left Harbin as scheduled. CONFERENCE HAS CLASH PARIS At the foreign ministers' conference yesterday, kUiilted Stat,es aid. France Jare saia 10 nave ciasnca wim. Russia. This dispute reportedly came about when American 5ec -retary of State James Byrnes and French Foreign Minister ! Bldault asked that the confer ¬ ence consider a settlement with Austria and internationalization of Germany's Ruhr Basin. Russia is said to have strongly opposed this plan. CREDIT CONTROL IS UNNECESSARY VANCOUVER ff) The Retail aranters Association is opposed to the provincial government's retention of wartime credit measures, claiming they are "absolutely unnecessary." WITNESS FOR DEFENCE WAS ALLIED SPY NUERNBERG O) -Hans Glsc-vius, mystery defence witness who proved a boomerang qit thn stand, testified today thai ne had "been in contact during the war" with American Intelligence services. Many among tne u German leaders on trial en wai crimes charges appeared shocked, as If understanding at last why his testimony had been among the most damaging offered against them during-the five months of proceedings, be fore the International military tribunal. Outside the courtroom a qualified American Informant said that Glsevlus had been in the service of the United States office of strategic services Switzerland and Germany since 1943. Until today he had been identified only as a veteran conspirator against Hitler and a participant In the bomb plot against the Fuehrer tn July. 1944. Today was hts third day of testi mony. TO VOTE ON MONARCHY LONDON The British Foreign Ministry is suggesting that Italy be allowed to vote on whether or not the monarchy should be continued. Local Tides Saturday, April 27, 1946 High 10:09 17.9 feet 22:56 18.9 feet Low 4:11 8.5 feet 18:32- 5-6 feet i